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The End of Smallpox
From: Radio Diaries
Caption: Rahima Banu and her mother in 1975, Credit: Daniel Tarantola/WHO
Only one human disease has ever been completely eradicated: Smallpox. Rahima Banu, a woman from rural Bangladesh, was the last person in the world ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: May 19, 2023
  • Length: 09:37
  • Purchases: 1
Ep 124: Whiskeyville
From: Franklin Fantini
Series: Dollar Country
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Sixteen more country and hillbilly songs from the dustiest corners of the United States. Featuring forgotten voices, songs, and labels found on 45...

Bought by KSTK and KIYU-FM


  • Added: Mar 03, 2021
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 2
A White's Supremacist's Journey Out of Hate and Whales
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: A White's Supremacist's Journey Out of Hate. Topic 2: Dead Or Alive, Whales Give As Much As They Take From Their Ocean Environments.

Bought by KOWS


  • Added: Sep 08, 2020
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 1
Immigration, Measles, and Precrastination
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: US Immigration Policy is Outdated. Here's a New Perspective. Topic 2: Measles Erases the Immune System's Memory. Topic 3: Precrastination ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Aug 25, 2020
  • Length: 51:35
  • Purchases: 1
Dr. Victoria Patterson – Native American Life, Before and After Europeans
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Cultures that have no written language pass on their histories through oral traditions. The stories are the way that social values and traditions a...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
EP138 Excello Records' Two Slims: Slim Harpo & Lightnin' Slim
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Excello Records was Nashville's first Blues label

  • Added: May 21, 2020
  • Length: 59:38
Tony Arata Pt. 3
From: Ty Hager
Series: Nashville Songsmiths
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The third in a four-part series of interviews with songwriter Tony Arata ("The Dance"). Hosted by Ty Hager, recorded in Nashville.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 09:26
Tony Arata Pt. 2
From: Ty Hager
Series: Nashville Songsmiths
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In the second of a four-part interview, songwriter, humorist and broadcaster Ty Hager talks with his old friend Tony Arata about writing "The Dance."

  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 10:49
Walt Aldridge Pt. 3
From: Ty Hager
Series: Nashville Songsmiths
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In the conclusion of Ty Hager's three-part interview with famed songwriter, producer, and music professor Walt Aldridge tells the story of how a $6...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 11:25
Walt Aldridge Pt. 2
From: Ty Hager
Series: Nashville Songsmiths
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Hit songwriter Walt Aldridge talks with Ty Hager about his comeback hit for Travis Tritt, his approach to demo recording, and the rewards of mentor...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 10:35
Walt Aldridge Pt. 1
From: Ty Hager
Series: Nashville Songsmiths
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Ty Hager's interview with multi-hit songwriter, producer, and engineer Walt Aldridge.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 10:08
Dr. Ron Epstein- Genetically Modified Food
From: Barry Vogel
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Genetically engineered food products are an issue that concerns many. In more recent years, Mendocino County has gone so far as to pass a resolutio...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Fidel Castro 1959: the Lost Interview
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"If this Revolution falls, what we will have here in Cuba is a hell. Hell itself." - Fidel Castro in 1959. Havana.

Bought by KUOW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 23, 2013
  • Length: 08:55
  • Purchases: 2
The Needle Drop: 06-25-11
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
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New music from Blood Ceremony, Thurston Moore, Kangding Ray, and more.

Bought by WTIP, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 29, 2011
  • Length: 57:09
  • Purchases: 3
The Needle Drop 02-05-11
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
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New music from Dumbo Gets Mad, John Vanderslice, and more

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD, KISU, KPVL, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 57:26
  • Purchases: 7
The Needle Drop: Gonjasufi
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
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Experimental, psychedelic hip hop from Gonjasufi and more.

Bought by KPVL, KZYX, KSRQ, WTIP, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2010
  • Length: 57:09
  • Purchases: 6
Leelee Sobieski
From: Tony Tellado
Series: Best Of Sci-Fi Talk
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Actress talks about her role in In The Name Of The King, A Dungeon Siege Tale plus her other roles including Joan Of Arc and Eyes Wide Shut.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2009
  • Length: 35:16
Sir Patrick Moore. The British star of astronomy. Promo 2.
From: Carl Stiansen
Caption: Carl Stiansen and Sir Patrick Moore
Sir Patrick Moore talks about his life in astronomy, life on Mars, and playing music with Einstein.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2008
  • Length: :18
The History of This I Believe - Pledge Special 1 (newscast compatible)
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Jay Allison hosts a documentary exploring the history of Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe series of the early 1950s.

Bought by WEZU, Marfa Public Radio, KJZZ, and WCBU


  • Added: Oct 05, 2007
  • Length: 44:00
  • Purchases: 4
The History of This I Believe
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Jay Allison hosts a documentary exploring the history of Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe series of the early 1950s.

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU, KZYX, Marfa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 24, 2007
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 23
Kentucky and the War
From: Down to Earth Productions
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A documentary exploring the lives of Kentuckians in combat and on the home-front during World War II.

Bought by WMMT, WEKU, and WKMS


  • Added: Sep 17, 2007
  • Length: 56:19
  • Purchases: 3
ONLY IN AMERICA: Program 1. The First Jews
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: ONLY IN AMERICA: 350 Years of the American Jewish Experience
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Their long climb from poverty to prominence and prosperity in the New World

Bought by WCPN, KWIT, WRGY, WNMU-FM, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 16
ONLY IN AMERICA: Program 2. The Streets Were Paved with Gold: A Journey Through The Jewish Lower East Side of New York, Part 1
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: ONLY IN AMERICA: 350 Years of the American Jewish Experience
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Jewish immigrants found a harsh life and no gold on the Lower East Side. The program describes aspects of daily immigrant life including tenements,...

Bought by WCPN, WRGY, WNMU-FM, Georgia Public Broadcasting, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 9
ONLY IN AMERICA: Program 3. Becoming Americans: A Journey Through the Jewish Lower East Side of New York, Part 2
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: ONLY IN AMERICA: 350 Years of the American Jewish Experience
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The Yiddish Theater - Culture and religion of the Old Country abandoned - The Triangle Shirtwaist fire - Assimilation into mainstream America

Bought by WCPN, WRGY, WNMU-FM, Georgia Public Broadcasting, New England Public Media and more


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 58:26
  • Purchases: 10
ONLY IN AMERICA: Program 4. White Christmas: The Story of the Jews Who Created Tin Pan Alley & Hollywood, Part 1
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: ONLY IN AMERICA: 350 Years of the American Jewish Experience
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Jewish immigrants like Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen and George Gershwin reinvented American popular music

Bought by WCPN, KCSM, WRGY, WNMU-FM, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 58:21
  • Purchases: 15